Bisnow Presents: Getting Techy with It

"Tushar is Co-founder and CEO of Hubble (hubblehq.com). Previously, Tushar worked in Investment Banking at Greenhill & Co, Barclays, RBS and Morgan Stanley. He hold a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. Hubble was launched in 2014 and is London's largest online office rental marketplace, with over 1,500 offices available on monthly rolling contracts and over 30,000 businesses signed up. Hubble is backed by the people behind Zipcar, Wealthfront and GoCompare and has raised over £2.5m from investors shared with Transferwise, Revolut and Magic Pony Technology. Hubble's vision is to be the world's first artificially intelligent commercial property company by 2020 and completely reimagine how commercial property is transacted, financed, managed and built."

Sophie Ross joined Hammerson in 2013 as Group Head of Multichannel, with a remit to drive transformational digital and physical product-based initiatives across the company’s retail portfolio. Sophie knows retail well. After completing her MBA in the States, she joined Home Depot’s leadership programme, where she was involved in the opening of the company’s Manhattan stores. On her return to the UK, she joined Home Retail Group, where she worked in various strategy, trading and multichannel roles.

Dandi focuses on investments at Concrete, a proptech VC in partnership with Starwood Capital, JLL, Skanska, Fora, innogy, and Seedcamp. Dandi’s background is in real estate development and acquisitions, and prior to Concrete, she worked for global hospitality chains incl. Fairmont Raffles and Minor International in valuing high-end hotels, resorts, and branded residences, and expanding portfolios across Europe and Asia Pacific. Dandi holds Ms in Real Estate from MIT, MBA from University of Cambridge, and Bs in International Hospitality Management from École hôtelière de Lausanne.

Mike is UK editor of Bisnow. Before this, alongside three friends he bought pan-European property mag EuroProperty out of non-existence and re established it before selling the business to PropertyEU. Prior to that he was editor of Property Week, and has also worked for Estates Gazette.

James Goldsmith is Head of Leasing at AXA IM - Real Assets. He has worked on some of London's most progressive schemes, including Apple's first UK flagship in Regent Street, Central Saint Giles, Television Centre and The Shard. And now Twentytwo, which will deliver 1.35million sq ft of social workspace in the heart of the City of London. He maintains a strong belief in market research and how broader social and economic issues influence occupier needs and objectives. During his 25-year career in Central London, James has executed many high- profile and award-winning transactions as both an adviser and a principal; operating within the leasing, asset management and development markets.

John provides strategic advice to TMT portfolios and specialised advice in telecommunications strategy, network roll-out and estate management. As a skilled international real estate manager, John has extensive experience in the development and implementation of real estate solutions at both local and international level.

As Investment Director at The Collective, Jill is responsible for the firm’s debt and equity fund raising, investment acquisitions, and strategic growth internationally. The Collective has developed the largest co-living community, a well-amentinized, fully-stablized 550-bed asset in London, and is expanding internationally to be the best co-living provider worldwide. Prior to The Collective, Jill worked for Greystar managing its £1.5bn student housing portfolio in London and Charleston, and for UBS Investment Bank on its Asia cross-border M&A team in Hong Kong and Beijing. Jill received her MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor of Economics. Jill is fluent in Chinese and conversational in German with professional experience in U.S., Europe and China. Jill was recently listed by Forbes as “30 Under 30” in European Finance.

​Laura is a Head of Business Development – Global Expansion at Equiem. She had worked with Australia’s largest property funds and REITs for 3 years, before relocating to the UK in September. Laura is now focusing on setting up business development teams in overseas markets and introducing Equiem to commercial, retail and residential estates. Laura helps developers, owners and managers enhance the service offering in their assets and streamline communications with their customers by providing Equiem’s enterprise-grade tenant portals and engagement strategies. Her diverse experience also includes marketing and business development at Silicon Valley technology businesses, a luxury automotive firm and an international not-for-profit.